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Elissa Slotkin: “The Pentagon had a trillion dollar budget last year and just…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 01:21

Well, look, you know, we had the Pentagon in briefing yesterday and they are, they, they, they are not even like prepared to put forward a supplemental request. So at this point, I think this is theoretical. I will say, you know, they The Pentagon had a trillion dollar budget last year and just in the big beautiful bill in July, got another 150 billion. So while I read everything, I will always kind of consider, you know, anything that comes in front of me, you're going to have a pretty high bar to explain … (01:21–01:31)

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Asserts that the Pentagon's budget last year was one trillion dollars, with an additional 150 billion in July.

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